Security News Network

Clients

SMG Communications has conducted integrated marketing communications activities for wide variety of national and regional non-profit organizations and corporations. Since 1993, SMG Communications has provided clients with quality public relations, marketing communication services and management services. Among the organizations and companies we have developed and managed programs for are (partial list):

National Monitoring Center (NMC): Company established by industry veterans in highly competitive regional and national service industry. We provided development of business plan, long range and strategic planning for communications, and positioning of company nationwide through aggressive media campaign.

System Sensor: Established a comprehensive marketing program for System Sensor, a Honeywell company headquartered in St. Charles, Ill. The program resulted in sales records for one of the largest manufacturers of fire detection and notification products in the world.

California Automatic Fire Alarm Association: State non-profit trade association of fire system engineers, fire service agencies and suppliers of products and services.

National Alarm Computer Center (NACC): Ongoing public relations, employee relations, advertising, customer relations and industry relations program development for national service company.

Amateur Athletic Union of the United States of America: National volunteer amateur sports organization with 250,000 volunteers in 57 state and regional chapters and corporate sponsorship of Sears, Roebuck and Co.

Community Publishing/Hearst Community Newspapers: Weekly suburban newspaper with strong community relations and advertising sales programs.

University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation: State university with non-profit academic foundation comprised of civic and business leaders.

Eisenhower Medical Center: Nationally renowned medical center with five business units and active major donor and special events program.

Security Industry Association: National trade association for manufacturers and suppliers of products and services in the electronic security industry with major cooperative programs with allied associations.

Laserfiche: Document management software company with worldwide user base. Formulated and managed an aggressive media relations campaign, writing by-lined articles and securing coverage in financial, law enforcement, and healthcare vertical publications and nation-wide newspapers. Strategic arrangement of expert interviews involved the company name in highly-covered news topics including U.S.-Mexico border relations, the effect of post-Enron regulation on businesses, and two high-profile criminal trials.

Edelman Worldwide Public Relations: International public relations consulting firm with national and worldwide accounts, including consumer public relations and promotions for KFC.

AIREF Golf Classic: Annual national fundraising event for the security industry at ISC West in Las Vegas.

International Security Conference & Expo: Ongoing public relations and industry relations program. Established ISC Media Resource Center as a clearinghouse for media inquiries in coordination with national trade associations.